WeatherCat Tags Reference

This page details tags that can be used in custom web pages. The web tags here are generated by WeatherCat V3.00, Build 2224 (64 bit) running on a 2011 MacBookAir running Mac OS X 10.10.5. The webcam is a Logitec 9000 Pro.
(It's possible this page is being generated by a development version of WeatherCat and as such may contain features not yet available in a released version.)

Tags are case sensitive and end in a dollar symbol "$". For example CT$ is correct whereas ct$ is incorrect and will not work. Where a tag takes parameters, there must be no spaces between the tag and parameter or between successive parameters.

Tag

Description

Example

Looks Like

CURRENT READINGS

CT$

Replaced with the current temperature, temperature units and hourly change in brackets.

Temperature is CT$

Temperature is 4.3°C (-0.1)

CD$

Replaced with the current dew point, dew point units and hourly change in brackets.

Dew point is CD$

Dew point is -0.1°C (-0.2)

CWC$

Replaced with the current wind chill, wind chill units and hourly change in brackets.

Wind chill is CWC$

Wind chill is 1.6°C (-0.4)

CX$

Replaced with the current wind direction and units.

Wind direction is: CX$

Wind direction is: NE

CW$

Replaced with the current average wind speed and units.

Average wind speed is CW$

Average wind speed is 7 MPH (1)

CG$

Replaced with the current wind gust and units.

Wind gust is CG$

Wind gust is 11 MPH (-1)

CP$

Replaced with current barometric pressure, units and hourly change.

Current pressure is CP$

Current pressure is 1026.9 mb (0.5)

CR$

Replaced with current hourly precipitation rate, units and hourly change.

Current hourly precipitation is CR$

Current hourly precipitation is 0.0 mm/h (0.0)

CC$

Replaced with current conditions (when available)

Current conditions: CC$

Current conditions: Light Clouds

CF$

Replaced with current forecast (Vantage/Vue/WLIP/WS23xx only currently)

Current forecast: CF$

Current forecast: Partly cloudy with little temperature change.

CSF$

Replaced with current short forecast (Vantage/Vue/WLIP only currently)

Current short forecast: CSF$

Current short forecast: Partly cloudy.

CU$

Replaced with the time of the last valid data

Time of data: CU$

Time of data: 19 Mar 2018 12:06 pm

WDTEXT$

Replaced with the current 16 sector 10-minute average wind direction as text

Replaced with the current dominant wind direction (today) as degrees (V1.1.3 onwards)

Dominant Wind Direction Today: DOMWDDEGREES$

Dominant Wind Direction Today: 50

DOMWDDEGREES(PERIOD)$

Replaced with the current dominant wind direction over PERIOD as degrees (V1.1.4 onwards)

Dominant Wind Direction today since 9AM: DOMWDDEGREES(TODAYSINCE9)$

Dominant Wind Direction today since 9AM: 50

WINDBEARINGFROM10$

The 'lowest' clockwise bearing in the last 10 minutes rounded down to nearest 10 degrees (V1.1.4 onwards).

WINDBEARINGFROM10$: WINDBEARINGFROM10$

WINDBEARINGFROM10$: 50

WINDBEARINGTO10$

The 'highest' clockwise bearing in the last 10 minutes rounded down to nearest 10 degrees (V1.1.4 onwards).

WINDBEARINGTO10$: WINDBEARINGTO10$

WINDBEARINGTO10$: 50

WINDROSE8$

Replaced with a list of 8 wind-rose values covering today (starting at north and running clockwise, 1 value for every 45 degrees) (V1.1.3 onwards). There's also WINDROSE45$ which will produce a list of 45 values at 8 degree increments

Windrose 8: WINDROSE8$

Windrose 8: 11.4,43.7,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0

WINDROSE8(PERIOD)$

Replaced with a list of 8 wind-rose values (starting at north and running clockwise, 1 value for every 45 degrees) over the period specified by PERIOD which can be any of the periods accepted by the STAT$ tag (see below) (V1.1.4 onwards). There's also WINDROSE45(PERIOD)$ which will produce a list of 45 values at 8 degree increments

Replaced with monthly overview. Note: this tag outputs preformatted text and should be enclosed in <PRE></PRE> tags. (V2.4.0 onwards)

This month overview: STTHISMONTHOV$

This month overview:

March so far has been...
Cooler than average (3.1°C versus an average of 5.5)
Dryer than average (35.20 mm versus an average total of 58.46)
Calmer than average (a wind run of 1818 miles versus an average of 3332)

STLASTMONTHOV$

Replaced with monthly overview for last month. Note: this tag outputs preformatted text and should be enclosed in <PRE></PRE> tags. (V2.4.0 onwards)

Last month overview: STLASTMONTHOV$

Last month overview:

February was...
Cooler than average (2.7°C versus an average of 3.9)
Dryer than average (45.00 mm versus an average total of 71.27)
Calmer than average (a wind run of 1491 miles versus an average of 2414)

STNOAAMO$

Replaced with the current monthly NOAA style report (V2.1.0 onwards). Note: this tag outputs preformatted text and should be enclosed in <PRE></PRE> tags.

Replaced with the current web-cam picture at the resolution as set in the web-cam preferences.

Current web-cam picture at camera resolutionWCAM$

Current web-cam picture at camera resolution

WCAM320$.

Replaced with the current web-cam picture at a horizontal resolution of 320. The vertical resolution is a nominal 240 pixels but this is
dependent on your camera as the aspect ratio is always maintained. We also provide WCAM$ (normal resolution as set in the preferences), WCAM640$, WCAM800$ and WCAM1280$

Version 1.1.4 adds:
AT_US (apparent temperature US version), AT_AUS (apparent temperature Australian version) and HUMIDEX.These are currently limited to a query range of 1 year back in time.

Version 2.0.0 adds:
SNOW and SNOWDAYS along with SYN1 through SYN5 (5 synthetic channels).

TYPE can be one of:
CURRENT, 24HRSGO, MIN, MAX, AVERAGE, TOTAL.

PERIOD can be one of:
TODAY, YESTERDAY, THISWEEK, LASTWEEK, THISMONTH, LASTMONTH, THISYEAR, LASTYEAR, THISSEASON, ALLTIME.
User defined date ranges can also be used as the PERIOD - e.g. 2014-12-01/2015-03-01 (ISO 8601 date format - yyyy-mm-dd)
WeatherCat 1.1 Build 210 and later add the following periods:
SINCE9AM - period covers from 'now' to the previous 9 A.M.
HRS(X) - period covers X number of hours from 'now' '- i.e. HRS(24) means the last 24 hours. x must be a number greater than 0 - e.g. HRS(0.5) means the last half hour.
WeatherCat 1.1.2 and later adds DAYSAGO(X) which covers the day 'X' days ago - for example DAYSAGO(1) means yesterday and DAYSAGO(2) means the day before yesterday. X must be an integer number between 1 and 99999.

By appending TIME we can display the time of the event:
STAT$ITEM:TYPE:PERIOD:TIME$

For example, to find the highest temperature today:
STAT$TEMPERATURE:MAX:TODAY$
STAT$TEMPERATURE:MAX:TODAY:TIME$.

CURRENT will display the real-time value of a given item. This is different to CT$ or CD$ etc. as those values are pulled from the database which has a resolution of 1 minute.
In the case of CURRENT, the time field (TODAY, YESTERDAY etc) will be ignored and can be omitted.
To display the current outdoor temperature:
STAT$TEMPERATURE:CURRENT$
This is rendered as:
4.3

24HRSAGO will display the value of a given item 24 hours ago.
In the case of 24HRSAGO, the time field (TODAY, YESTERDAY etc) will be ignored and can be omitted.
To display the outdoor temperature 24 hours ago:
STAT$TEMPERATURE:24HRSAGO$
This is rendered as:
0.8

DELTA1 will display the 1 hour change of a given item.
For DELTA1 the time field (TODAY, YESTERDAY etc) will be ignored and can be omitted.
***NOTE that wind direction delta is not supported and will return an undefined value***
To display the current outdoor temperature 1 hour change:
STAT$TEMPERATURE:DELTA1$
This is rendered as:
-0.1

DELTA24 will display the 24 hour change of a given item.
For DELTA24 the time field (TODAY, YESTERDAY etc) will be ignored and can be omitted.
***NOTE that wind direction delta is not supported and will return an undefined value***
To display the current outdoor temperature 24 hour change:
STAT$TEMPERATURE:DELTA24$
This is rendered as:
3.5

Notes:
SUNSHINEHOURS can only be used with TOTAL (to find the total number of hours over a given date range)
e.g. Hours of sunshine today = STAT$SUNSHINEHOURS:TOTAL:TODAY$
is rendered as:
Hours of sunshine today = 0.98

DAILYSUN can only be used with MAX (to find the sunniest day in a given date range)
e.g. The sunniest day this year: STAT$DAILYSUN:MAX:THISYEAR:TIME$ (STAT$DAILYSUN:MAX:THISYEAR$ hours)
is rendered as:
The sunniest day this year: 9 Mar 2018 (2.50 hours)

THISSEASON can only be used with RAIN
e.g. STAT$RAIN:TOTAL:THISSEASON$
is rendered as:
188.8
or
STAT$RAIN:AVERAGE:THISSEASON$ RAINUNITS$/h
is rendered as:
0.1032 mm/h

(The rain season start month is set in WeatherCat's' preferences)

DAILYRAIN can only be used with MAX or AVERAGE.
e.g. STAT$DAILYRAIN:MAX:THISWEEK$ on STAT$DAILYRAIN:MAX:THISWEEK:TIME$
is rendered as:
0.6 mm on 18 Mar 2018

or it may render as an error. For example:
Average wind direction today = STAT$WINDDIRECTION:AVERAGE:TODAY$ degrees on STAT$WINDDIRECTION:AVERAGE:TODAY:TIME$ renders as:
Average wind direction today = 56 degrees on ***Error - No time available for averages***

Examples:
These examples all follow the following format:
Current Temperature: STAT$TEMPERATURE:CURRENT$ TEMPUNITS$ (STAT$TEMPERATURE:DELTA1$)
Rendered as:
Current Temperature: 4.3 °C (-0.1)

Readings 24 hours ago and 24 hour deltas to the current reading
These examples all follow the following form:
Temperature: STAT$TEMPERATURE:24HRSAGO$ TEMPUNITS$ (STAT$TEMPERATURE:DELTA24$)
Note: This list shows all currently supported combinations

Average temperature over the last hour = 4.3 °C (V1.1B210 and later)
Average temperature today = 1.9 °C
Average temperature since 9 A.M. = 3.8 °C (V1.1B210 and later)
Average temperature over the last 24 hours = 1.6 °C (V1.1B210 and later)
Average temperature yesterday = 0.0 °C
Average temperature this week = 0.7 °C
Average temperature over the last 7 days = 3.9 °C (V1.1B210 and later)
Average temperature last week = 5.1 °C
Average temperature this month = 3.1 °C
Average temperature last month = 2.7 °C
Average temperature this year = 3.1 °C
Average temperature last year = 9.3 °C
Average temperature of all time = 8.7 °C
Average temperature (1 Dec 2011 to 1 Mar 2012) = 4.6°C
(Last year: 1.4°C)
Average temperature (1 Mar 2012 to 1 June 2012) = 8.1°C
(Last year: 8.9°C)

Number of frost days this week: 1
Number of frost days last week: 1
Number of frost days this month: 7
Number of frost days last month: 13
Number of frost days this year: 28
Number of frost days last year: 54
Number of frost days since records began: 560

Average pressure today = 1024.9 mb
Average pressure yesterday = 1022.0 mb
Average pressure this week = 1023.1 mb
Average pressure this month = 999.5 mb
Average pressure this year = 1007.2 mb
Average pressure last year = 1012.3 mb
Average pressure of all time = 1011.6 mb

Wind run today: 54.13 miles
Wind run yesterday: 164.22 miles
Wind run this week: 218.35 miles
Wind run this month: 1818.04 miles
Wind run last month: 1490.91 miles
Wind run this year: 5345.29 miles
Wind run last year: 22260.52 miles
Wind run all time: 299515.13 miles

The wettest day this week: 18 Mar 2018 (0.6mm)
The wettest day last week: 17 Mar 2018 (0.2mm)
The wettest day this month: 10 Mar 2018 (16.4mm)
The wettest day this year: 10 Mar 2018 (16.4mm)
The wettest day last year: 7 Jun 2017 (27.2mm)
The wettest day of all time: 10 Aug 2011 (39.8mm)

Number of rain days this week: 0
Number of rain days last week: 0
Number of rain days this month: 6
Number of rain days last month: 11
Number of rain days this year: 35
Number of rain days last year: 148
Number of rain days since records began: 1487

Hours of sunshine today = 0.98
Hours of sunshine yesterday = 1.90
Hours of sunshine this week = 2.88
Hours of sunshine last week = 3.58
Hours of sunshine this month = 10.65
Hours of sunshine last month = 9.38
Hours of sunshine this year = 20.03
Hours of sunshine last year = 724.68
Hours of sunshine for all time = 6800.62

The sunniest day this week: 18 Mar 2018 (1.90 hours)
The sunniest day last week: 17 Mar 2018 (1.62 hours)
The sunniest day this month: 9 Mar 2018 (2.50 hours)
The sunniest day last month: 25 Feb 2018 (1.38 hours)
The sunniest day this year: 9 Mar 2018 (2.50 hours)
The sunniest day last year: 21 Jun 2017 (10.31 hours)
The sunniest day of all time: 12 Jun 2009 (11.00 hours)

Average Loft Temperature today: 1.5
Average Loft Temperature yesterday: -0.1
Average Loft Temperature this week: 0.5
Average Loft Temperature last week: 5.1
Average Loft Temperature this month: 3.0
Average Loft Temperature last month: 2.3
Average Loft Temperature this year: 2.8
Average Loft Temperature last year: 12.0
Average Loft Temperature for all time: 8.7

Average Soil Temperature today: 1.8
Average Soil Temperature yesterday: 2.2
Average Soil Temperature this week: 2.1
Average Soil Temperature last week: 4.2
Average Soil Temperature this month: 2.9
Average Soil Temperature last month: 2.8
Average Soil Temperature this year: 2.9
Average Soil Temperature last year: 8.9
Average Soil Temperature for all time: 6.1